Camping at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in 1949

View of a large cloth tarp being used as a tent - it's being held up by tall wooden poles at the corners, and three poles along the center line. The poles on the corners and edges are supported by guy rope. Also, a pair of Desert Bighorn Sheep horns are being used as a weight in the right foreground. In the tent are at least 4 cots, complete with bedding. A person is laying on the cot in the front in the center, with another person sitting on the cot behind that one. A man and a truck on the far left

Photo By/Credit

E.P. Haddon

Date Shot/Created

05/01/1949

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Original caption: Campsite on the refuge. In desert camping the tarp usually proves to be the most practical protection from the sun but permits circulation of air more than the conventional wall tent. The large mountain sheep horns in foreground were picked up on the nearby mountain range. Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, May 1949.

Facility

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Subject tags

Camping

Employees (USFWS)

History

Recreation

Wildlife refuges